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100 Biggest Cities in the World with Exceptions

How many of the world's 100 most populous urban areas can you name excluding those within the USA, China, and India?
Source: citypopulation.de, January 2020
Urban area population, not city proper population
The Ruhr and Cologne / Düsseldorf have been filled in already
Quiz by Billahhh
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First submittedOctober 23, 2019
Times taken24,434
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Rating4.90
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Population
Urban Area
40.4 m
Tokyo
31.3 m
Jakarta
25.7 m
Manila
24.8 m
Seoul
23.0 m
Mexico City
22.4 m
São Paulo
21.0 m
Cairo
20.2 m
Dhaka
19.4 m
Lagos
18.8 m
Bangkok
17.8 m
Karachi
17.7 m
Osaka
17.3 m
Moscow
16.4 m
Buenos Aires
16.0 m
Istanbul
15.3 m
Tehran
14.8 m
London
13.9 m
Johannesburg
13.2 m
Rio de Janeiro
13.0 m
Lahore
12.4 m
Kinshasa
11.4 m
Paris
10.5 m
Nagoya
10.1 m
Lima
9.60 m
Bogotá
9.15 m
Taipei
8.90 m
Kuala Lumpur
8.60 m
Ho Chi Minh
8.15 m
Luanda
8.05 m
Riyadh
7.90 m
Singapore
7.45 m
Toronto
7.25 m
Santiago
7.00 m
Baghdad
Population
Urban Area
6.95 m
Bandung
6.55 m
Madrid
6.45 m
Dar es Salaam
6.30 m
Khartoum
6.20 m
Milan
6.10 m
Surabaya
5.90 m
Nairobi
5.80 m
Alexandria
5.70 m
The Ruhr
5.65 m
Saint Petersburg
5.60 m
Abidjan
5.60 m
Amman
5.60 m
Yangon
5.35 m
Dubai
5.35 m
Guadalajara
5.30 m
Sydney
5.10 m
Accra
5.05 m
Ankara
5.00 m
Belo Horizonte
5.00 m
Cologne / Dusseldorf
5.00 m
Monterrey
4.98 m
Melbourne
4.95 m
Jeddah
4.93 m
Chittagong
4.78 m
Barcelona
4.75 m
Kuwait City
4.75 m
Colombo
4.73 m
Berlin
4.79 m
Kano
4.48 m
Casablanca
4.33 m
Kabul
4.23 m
Cape Town
4.23 m
Montreal
4.23 m
Naples
Population
Urban Area
4.13 m
Busan
4.13 m
Porto Alegre
4.03 m
Medellín
4.00 m
Brasilia
4.00 m
Medan
4.00 m
Santo Domingo
3.98 m
Algiers
3.85 m
Recife
3.83 m
Damascus
3.80 m
Addis Ababa
3.80 m
Hanoi
3.75 m
Caracas
3.73 m
Dakar
3.68 m
Fortaleza
3.65 m
Faisalabad
3.60 m
Salvador
3.58 m
Ibadan
3.58 m
Rome
3.53 m
Abuja
3.53 m
Bamako
3.53 m
Kampala
3.48 m
Kyiv
3.45 m
Rawalpindi
3.45 m
Yaoundé
3.43 m
Curitiba
3.43 m
Durban
3.38 m
Douala
3.35 m
Athens
3.25 m
Frankfurt
3.25 m
Rotterdam
3.23 m
Port-au-Prince
3.23 m
Tashkent
Lilylee
+13
Level 72
Oct 24, 2019
Love it! (76/100)
Billahhh
+9
Level 57
Oct 24, 2019
Thanks, it's my first quiz :)
Devvik2
+8
Level 68
May 7, 2020
Your first featured quiz too!
Gotterdammerung
+4
Level 51
May 31, 2020
A great quiz for your first one!
Billahhh
+1
Level 57
Jun 3, 2020
Thank you :)
Quizzer6794
+5
Level 64
Oct 24, 2019
Nice one!
Basti4
+4
Level 68
Oct 31, 2019
some of the answers are not properly shown in the table (e.g. tashkent, douala), and why are there only 98 answers?

still a good quiz though ^^

Billahhh
+9
Level 57
Nov 8, 2019
There are only 98 answers because Cologne / Düsseldorf and The Ruhr have been filled in already - this just seems to be what is done on other city quizes on this site so I followed suit.

Fixed the answers not showing as well!

Billahhh
+2
Level 57
Jan 1, 2020
Yes, they were done then that had a knock on affect that made the last answer boxes disappear so I've just settled for this because I'm not good enough at using this yet! Sorry
IsleAuHaulte
+7
Level 88
Dec 11, 2019
Good to get those pesky countries out of the way.
RPHXX
+3
Level 69
Jan 4, 2020
Got all but Abuja how did i miss abuja
sumguy
+3
Level 83
Jan 26, 2020
Accra, Monterrey, and Dubai are out of order.
Lapronite
+2
Level 73
Apr 28, 2020
Yeah, Accra (7.95), Monterrey (7.925), and Dubai (7.9) are sandwiched between Belo Horizonte (4.975) and Melbourne (4.85). Can you put them in the right place? thanks
Billahhh
+1
Level 57
Apr 29, 2020
It's fixed now. They were in the correct place, just the population had a 7 instead of a 4 by mistake!
MG17
+1
Level 43
May 31, 2020
Belo Horizonte is my city!
AlmostAGenius
+1
Level 76
Mar 30, 2022
Well England is mine
GabrielBr13
+5
Level 47
Mar 27, 2020
So Brazil is the new China here with 10 cities
SkittUz
+1
Level 60
May 5, 2020
help me xD I can't figure out which 10th city I miss. These 9 I know: Sao Paulo, Rio, Salvador, Fortaleza, Curitiba, Recife, Porto Alegre, Belo Horizonte and Brasilia.
MG17
+2
Level 43
May 31, 2020
Hello SkittUz! I'm brazilian, I have:

São Paulo, Rio de Janeiro, Belo Horizonte*, Porto Alegre, Brasília, Recife, Fortaleza, Salvador and Curitiba.

But I don't now the 10th. I think is Campinas, with 3.263.091 habitants in 2020, but not accept.

MG17
+1
Level 43
May 31, 2020
Otherwise, I think is only 9.
MarcelVos
+3
Level 65
Mar 31, 2020
I had a few more obscure ones such as Meddelin, Yaounde, and Tashkent, but I somehow forgot Paris, even though I did try Lyon and Nice.
raymun
+9
Level 65
Apr 27, 2020
Love the quiz! It might be worth accepting Islamabad for Rawalpindi, as they are both contiguous and part of one metro area, but Islamabad is better known as the capital of Pakistan.
Billahhh
+2
Level 57
Apr 29, 2020
I've been trying to use the standard Jetpunk type-ins for stuff and I think the current way is the way it is normally done but someone can let me know if I am wrong.
zack22
+1
Level 68
Nov 2, 2021
I am pretty sure they allow both as the same city. (Since I have always typed in Islamabad, but never Rawalpindi) I could be wrong though.
Albert2002
+3
Level 73
Apr 30, 2020
Nice quiz. Should have got Durban but otherwise I'm quite satisfied (90/98). I think I'm the first after an update, all I got had 100% and the rest 0%. Hope it gets featured soon!
Billahhh
+1
Level 57
Apr 30, 2020
Haha it just got updated this morning so I think you must have been! I think (hope) all the original mistakes are gone now.
trombonekid98
+1
Level 71
May 4, 2020
While I know that Jetpunk's stance on Taiwan makes it so Taipei should be here, I think it might be a good idea to add a disclaimer clarifying this.
CeartGoLeor
+11
Level 86
May 7, 2020
It's pretty obvious that Taipei, the capital of Taiwan, isn't part of China, India or USA. The People's Republi has never controlled Taiwan and Taiwan is lead by the democratically elected government of President Tsai Ing-Wen. And not by the General-Secretary/President/Tyrant Xi Jinping.
Clinicalize
+3
Level 43
Jun 1, 2020
So far...
Charliezard
+1
Level 66
Jan 26, 2022
Let's hope China doesn't make any outlandish moves any time soon.
FadKrashmor
+3
Level 68
May 5, 2020
People are always commenting like this on population quizzes: I simply don't get it. London apparently has a urban area population of 14.7 million, yet Manchester doesn't creep onto the list with the bar set at 3.23 million. This makes no sense at all. If you look just on Wikipedia, Greater London has a population of 8.8 million, Greater Manchester 2.8 (although why anyone would say that Wigan for example is part of Manchester I do not know). If you include enough semi-connected urban area to get London to have a population of 14.7 million then you would be able to include enough to get Manchester over 4 million for sure. Still, the quiz is an interesting exercise.
Billahhh
+2
Level 57
May 5, 2020
The quiz just uses citypopulation.de for populations, which seems to be the standard for the website. I definitely agree that it includes too much for some cities though. Like outside of this website Guangzhou is not the most populated city because no one would include Shenzhen in its population.
vermiciousknid
+2
Level 86
May 5, 2020
Great quiz, thanks! I thought I did well getting 78 out of 98, but apparently that still only beats or equals 60.1% of quiz takers and nets me 3 points. I certainly feel I could have gotten many of the ones I missed now that I see the answers.
vermiciousknid
+1
Level 86
May 31, 2020
Got 90 this time!
kalbahamut
+1
Level 83
May 31, 2020
Missed a couple in Africa, a couple in Pakistan and Indonesia, and a couple because I ran out of time.
Eigengrau
+1
Level 60
May 31, 2020
There are only a couple from Pakistan.
kalbahamut
+1
Level 83
May 31, 2020
"a couple in Pakistan and Indonesia," not a couple in Pakistan and a couple in Indonesia.

Also, there are four.

Poissott
+2
Level 47
May 31, 2020
Where is Ho Chi Minh?
Lilylee
+2
Level 72
May 31, 2020
Right there at 8.5 m.
camus
+5
Level 77
May 31, 2020
Ho Chi Minh Mausoleum, Hanoi, Vietnam.
Karamchand
+4
Level 49
May 31, 2020
Too America-Centric (?)
bigcreepers
+1
Level 38
May 31, 2020
I think Izmir should be here with 4,367,251 population according to citypopulation.de
Billahhh
+2
Level 57
May 31, 2020
Please correct me if I am wrong, but I think that figure is for the province of Izmir.
DrunkytheSnowman
+1
Level 57
Dec 6, 2021
I believe the city and the province are the same as it's a municipal metropolitan area meaning that the city and province are essentially the same though this is only from a quick Google search so I may be wrong
MG17
+2
Level 43
May 31, 2020
Thanks for remember my city, Belo Horizonte, Brazil!
Billahhh
+1
Level 57
May 31, 2020
Haha of course! Unfortunately I didnt get north of Rio when I went to Brasil, but I remember someone showing me a picture from Belo Horizonte of some crosses overlooking the city at sunset and it looked like a very pretty place :)
MG17
+2
Level 43
May 31, 2020
Billahhh, yes, you're right! I think you speak of a photo of Curral Hill. It is a beautiful place overlooking the entire city, but BH (as it is called here in Brazil), it also has ups and downs. One of the lows is Pampulha Lake, a large lake famous for its architectural ensemble by Oscar Niemeyer and Roberto Burle Marx. the place is beautiful, but those who live nearby, smell the sewage that Lagoa da Pampulha has. This occurs mainly when it rains or dusk. In addition, there are stretches where the lagoon is silted, but I love this place just the same! For more information, consult on Wikipedia, because I will not be able to say everything right? Kkkkkkk. Great quiz! Really enjoyed! And welcome to Jetpunk!
kalbahamut
+2
Level 83
Jun 1, 2020
Ho Chi Minh City is now just "Ho?"
Billahhh
+2
Level 57
Jun 1, 2020
This was just one of the automatic type-ins accepted by jetpunk.
fjakob
+1
Level 51
Jun 1, 2020
shouldn't ho chi minh city be here
Billahhh
+1
Level 57
Jun 1, 2020
Someone else had said this, do you not see it at 8.6m?
Quincyz
+2
Level 25
Jun 2, 2020
Sana'a should definitely be on this list. Nearly every source I checked estimates its population at around 3.9 m. I think you can disregard citypopulation.de in this instance, since they are at odds with every other source.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sanaa

Billahhh
+2
Level 57
Jun 3, 2020
Yeah citypopulation.de seems to be what we use for most quizzes on this site but I think it needs to change. It's always such a large area covered by the city that it seems silly. Perhaps I'll make some quizzes using a different population source.
penguinbear
+2
Level 19
Jun 3, 2020
only 8% said rawalpindi
MetroidPrimeMeridian
+5
Level 52
Jun 9, 2020
Accept Saigon for Ho Chi Minh City?
rocamorar
+3
Level 78
Jul 31, 2020
Yeah, both Saigon or HCM should be accepted, as they are in most of the tests.
ClutchNferno
+1
Level 57
Nov 18, 2020
Shouldn't Kolkata be included? It's in Bangladesh.
Billahhh
+3
Level 57
Nov 26, 2020
It's in India, so not included
Rasmus2505
+1
Level 45
Jan 25, 2021
Haha i missed out London but got Bandung and that as a European XD
turnbacktwo
+1
Level 42
Feb 21, 2021
Why exclude Cologne/ Dusseldorf it's south the Ruhr

You should fill in Johannesburg/ Pretoria

LuigiDood227
+1
Level 64
Apr 12, 2021
55/98 managed to miss Seoul tho
QuizzerBros
+1
Level 66
Jun 8, 2021
In managed to miss Rio!
QuizzerBros
+2
Level 66
Jun 8, 2021
Great quiz but could you accept Saigon and HCMC for Ho Chi Minh. Also can you accept Islamabad for Rawalpindi.
TheRatmeister
+4
Level 83
Jun 25, 2021
Saigon should be accepted in this quiz
swaddle
+1
Level 40
Jul 29, 2021
London population is around 8 million not 14 million
daQuokka
+1
Level 66
Nov 4, 2021
I got Ibadan, Douala and Rawalpindi but forgot Rome, Saint Petersburg and Athens...
yeeterboi69
+1
Level 45
Feb 5, 2022
I guessed Abuja, Benin City and Kano but I forgot to guess Lagos -_-

Also forgot Seoul, Barcelona and Madrid

joedimaggio
+2
Level 71
Apr 29, 2022
Isn't Saigon a standard type-in for Ho Chi Minh City?
AllHailKingHomer
+2
Level 71
Jul 26, 2022
HCMC and Saigon are the standard type ins
AbiA
+1
Level 76
Oct 4, 2022
Hcmc doesn’t work for this quiz, though it does for every other quiz on jetpunk, as a result of which I missed it.
RJG
+1
Level 53
Mar 8, 2023
90/98 time limit unfair, needs another minute
KennethTAA
+1
Level 60
May 15, 2023
got rotterdam at the last 5 seconds. 98/98.
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